Status of Young Mexican-American and Puerto Rican Children: Implications for Early Intervention Systems.

Autor/inn/en	Arcia, Emily; und weitere
Institution	North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Carolina Inst. for Child and Family Policy.
Titel	Status of Young Mexican-American and Puerto Rican Children: Implications for Early Intervention Systems.
Quelle	(1993), (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Health; Comparative Analysis; Demography; Disabilities; Disadvantaged Youth; Elementary Education; Hispanic Americans; Incidence; Latin Americans; Low Income Groups; Mexican Americans; Minority Group Children; One Parent Family; Poverty; Preschool Education; Puerto Ricans; Urban Areas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demografie; Handicap; Behinderung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Elementarunterricht; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Vorkommen; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Armut; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Puerto Rican; Puerto-Ricaner; Urban area; Stadtregion
Abstract	This study analyzed data on general health and functional status of Mexican-American and Puerto Rican children in the United States. Data came from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a database that contains parental reports of neonatal characteristics, chronic-developmental conditions, and functional limitations, and physician reports of diagnoses. Results indicated that Mexican-American and Puerto Rican families tended to be similar in ages and years of education of head of households, maternal and paternal ages at children's birth, and family size. Puerto Rican children were more likely to live in urban settings in low income female-headed families, compared to Mexican-Americans. For children under 5 years of age, chronic-developmental conditions and functional limitations were not markedly different between the two groups. It was estimated that 9.4 percent of Puerto Rican children and 8.3 percent of Mexican American children under the age of 5 have a developmental concern. From the ages of 5 to 11, Puerto Rican children exhibited substantially more chronic-developmental conditions and functional limitations than did Mexican-Americans. Significant differences in developmental and health conditions between the groups argue against discussion of Latino children as a homogenous group. Results in general highlight a need for family-centered policies. (Contains 43 references.) (PB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC